What a joke of a ref Alibert is!! Twice now he has said held up then "Oh i have my good friend the video ref" what a pratt!!

Do you stand by the comment he took it in twice?

At least there is no danger of rugby league messing up his pearly white showbiz smile.

The one with the big juggs

I really dont care, it was just a number off the top of my head, but if you want to make a petty argument out of it then go ahead

In my opinion your initial post was petty.

Clearly if you watch the game he took it in a good few times and was looking for work while he was on. If you only saw 2 drives and he could not handle it then i suggest you watch it again.

Clearly I've hit a nerve?

Everyones allowed their opinion and I dont think Thomas will make it in League. Not many 35 year old blokes would! He took one big hit and lost the ball, ran the ball in the wrong way got himself injured and went off - ie he couldnt handle it!

He was lucky that Catalan didnt target his side (for what reason i'll never know) or else it could have been even worse.

Mate you have not hit a nerve, i simply found your initial post very petty and inaccurate/ignorant.

Fair play you do not think he will make it, that is your opinion, but at least be honest about the events. He took 2 heavy knocks from poor technique, but your initial post seems to point that is all he did, which is far from the case.

He actually looked busy took it up more than most wingers normally do, and was involved in a try saving tackle.

10 out of 10 for effort, 3 out of 10 for technique. He will be just fine.

i never expected a world class performance.

its like asking a hockey player to become an ice hockey player overnight.

We have the most brutal of both codes. but he will be ok.

It was interesting to hear his after match comments, and some will see this as being born out of my opinion of Noble as a coach, but Thomas did say something when asked about the way he took it in along the lines of "Brian asked me to find the ground as soon as possible", if that was the case another example of a poor call from BN.

I see what Noble's saying, find the floor and get a quick play the ball away. There's not a lot of point in a winger fighting for extra ground off a scoot, better to get a roll on, Dallas and Carney were polar opposites on this point.